Ada Ward

Ada Ward 

Born: 1865

Father: John Charles Ward 

Mother: Emily Ward (b. 1831)

Marriage:        29 December 1891, Liverpool

Husband:         William Colley 

                        b. 1864

                        School Inspector/Journalist 

Issue – 

#1 Neville Margaret Colley (b. 1893)

#2 Arthur Stanley Colley (b. 1900)

#3 Frederick William Colley (b. 1902)

#4 Kenneth George Colley (b. 1907)

In 1871 – 

She is at Park Street, Lenton. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Milliner’. Ada is unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at 46 Park Street, Lenton. Her uncle, Samuel Vickers (b. 1821), is listed as widower and ‘Dyer’. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Milliner’. Ada is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.

In 1901 – 

She is at 38 Princes Road, Wimbledon. Her husband is listed as ‘Journalist’. Ada is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her children, Neville and Arthur, are unlisted. There is a servant, E Lewis (b. 1885). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 38 Princes Road, Wimbledon. Her husband is listed as ‘Journalist Editor Chief Superintendent’. Her daughter, Neville, is listed as ‘Student Elementary School Teacher’. Her children (Arthur, Frederick and Kenneth) are unlisted. There is a servant, Louisa Emily Stimson (b. 1894). There is a visitor, Frederick Benjamin Fellows (b. 1887), listed as ‘Clerk Great Western Railway Company’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 38 Princes Road, Wimbledon. Her husband is listed as ‘Journalist Special Correspondent’. Ada and her son, Kenneth, are unlisted. Her son, Arthur, is listed as ‘Articled Student Chartered Accountancy’. Her son, Frederick, is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’.

In 00/37 – 

Death recorded as May 1937.

d.         13 May 1937, Wimbledon 

COLLEY, Ada of 38 Princes Road, Wimbledon, Surrey (wife of William Colley) died 13 May 1937. Probate London 21 June to the said William Colley, retired journalist. Effects £1666, 6s, 5d.